The Republican journal., 1887-08-25
The Jones Family Reunion in South China.

The idea of n Jones reunion was started by vii
mot x. Jones. Mr.. Jones was born in South China :;
he now superintenia school Of five hundred pu-
pills in South Iladlcy, Mass.
Tuesday morning about 10 o'clock the Jonescs
began t" arrive. and at II when your CORES sponien
reached the cncampncnt about one hundred were
present. All were .Jnnescs relatives; probably
three fourtlS Dor" the name. The house of Edwin
Jones WAS chosen Is headquarters. Tllec large
tents pitched near l,y completed the cncampmcnt
Among those from distance We're Richard NJ.
Jones, wife and children from Philadelphia. Mr.
Jones has charge of large school OF languages in
that city. Louis Douglas and wife from Portland
Warren Hawkes. and wife from Manchester, Geo
Jones and wife from Union, James j. Jones, e:,
mayor of Ilallowcll, John Jones and wife of
Brunswirn, Charles II. Jones of Oak Grove Semi
nary and cth,rs we did not know were also pres
cnt.
down to dinner. Baked beans, coffee, etc, 'lisap
pcarcd, the Jones' reputation in this line being
kept up. More than one hundred people gathered
in the yard with smiles and toothpicks Then Mr..
Nose, of Watcrville, forward, and Just at the
moment when the row of twenty-five little folks
were all still, took the negative Aferward, the
young people had Il smaller group of their own
taken Then the people talked, sang, formed
procession and marched to the chapel. A. III.
Jones was chosen President. Mrs. stephen Jones,
secretary. committee was appointed to
about Il permanent organization; speech of vel
come by Eli Jones, in which he spoke of tile num-
hey of .]onesrs, and said he counted 50 viii
liam Jones on steamboat register in Liverpool,
$" many Johns he could not count then. He said
stephen Jones had good judgment and Il stin
backbone, and his descendants were like him
descendants present said ".Amen.' Singing by
the JoncscS. History of .JuneScs by Wi!mot K.
Jones.
The JonescS are descended from the WrlchlneE,
unconqucrCd Britons. The first known in .tmcri.
ca was ThomaS and his wife Thankful, date of his
arrival not known, only that they here On the
dark day i'll l1Sn, and had pork and u, ans tor dim
ncr. Their sons were Thomas, Noah and Lcintiei.
deserves no mention Noah h;;'t four chiiir
Lemucl WAS the man of history. lie was the
father Of twelve children, all of whom grew up,
married, and raised families averaging ten in
number, making Lcmuel Jones the grandfather of
one hundred and twenty children. Go thou and
do likewise,
Next followed rcnarks and anecdotes by differ
tnt persons ple>ent-fli Jones' Il. Il. Nichols,
Charles ii. Jones, Warren Hawkes.. Richard NJ.
Hannibal Jones, dramatic writer; Sir Thomas
Jones, Lord Chief Justice; John Paul Jones, great
naval fighter, etc. In closing, he looked at his five
children ON the s5ttcc by his side and said he had
tried to add his contribution, and iutimHtCI that
they might be heard from again. The committee
rcportc't that they had chosen a. H. Jones, Prc>i
dent; Charles ii. Jones, Vice Presidents Wihnut Il.
Jones, Secretary; Arthur w Jones, Assistant Sec
retar!; Huthenna H. Nichols, Treasurer. More
passed to Wimot r. Jones for his work in bringing
about the reunion. Adjourned IL meet IL commit,
tee might direct. liandshakin&s AM. congratul;.-
tionS, followed by picnic supper at the cnra!nI.-
mcnt, and prayer meeting in The evening +. II.
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